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‘I think it’s wrong:’ Vernon adds another fee to developers building much-needed housing
Amidst a housing crisis, and a push by the province to ease the red tape…
Vernon needs housing but car-centric strip mall gets city council support
It flies in the face of what the City of Vernon is trying to achieve…
Repairs underway after woodpeckers cause $150K damage to Vernon art centre
VERNON – Work is underway at the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre repairing $150,000…
Tolko logging could have ‘catastrophic’ impact on rural Vernon drinking water: report
NORTH OKANAGAN – A plan by Tolko Industries to log an area of land close…
Developer plans ‘micro-suite’ building near Kin Beach in Vernon
VERNON – A lakeside development in Vernon with over a hundred units has been proposed…
Paddleboard trails pitched for Okanagan and Kal lakes
VERNON – Specially designated paddleboard trails could be heading to Okanagan and Kalamalka lakes. The…
City says Highlands development in Vernon nixed due to ‘interpretation’ of contract
VERNON – A recent decision by a developer putting an indefinite hold on an expensive…
Salmon Arm introduces $50 street begging fine
Salmon Arm has passed a bylaw allowing them to dish out $50 fines to those…
iN PHOTOS: Vernon heronry protector worried for at-risk birds after development approval
VERNON – Surrounded by dozens of ancient rusty cars, standing in the cool shade of…
Private security unlikely to hit Vernon streets this year
VERNON – If downtown Vernon is going to have private security patrols on the city's…
Opponents say proposed Vernon development could threaten at-risk herons
VERNON – An online petition has received over 1,000 signatures objecting to proposed housing development…
Vernon council taking another look at recommendations from task force on downtown safety
VERNON – Hoping for better luck a second time around, Vernon city council is set…
Vernon to explore a ban on idling vehicles
VERNON – Vernon city council is looking into a possible ban to prevent vehicles from…
Passions flare at Vernon town hall meeting
VERNON – With two minutes to spend at the microphone, several dozen speakers took to…
Vernon councillors know a town hall on safe injection site is likely futile. They’ll have one anyway
VERNON – The City of Vernon is going to hold a town hall to talk…
Vernon says no to a downtown cannabis retail operation
VERNON – Vernon city council has said no for the first time to a pot…
Assaults, break-ins on the rise in Vernon
VERNON – While the latest numbers from Vernon RCMP show crime dropped slightly overall in…
Vandalism shuts down Vernon public loos
VERNON – Vernon's downtown public washroom has been closed following a recent spate of vandalism.…
No U-turn: Vernon’s 7% tax hike to stay
VERNON – Even though Vernon council decided to re-debate a proposed seven per cent tax…
Vernon to spend $275K on two public washrooms downtown
VERNON – Vernon is looking to spend $275,000 on two downtown public toilets. The plan…
Vernon homeowners could face 7% tax increase
VERNON – Vernon homeowners are staring down the barrel of an over seven per cent…
Vernon’s beekeepers buzzing over banished bee ban
VERNON – Clandestine beekeepers around the city can finally relax. Keeping bees is officially legal…
Efforts to fight crime, homelessness in Kelowna may fail without more detox spaces
KELOWNA – One of the key pieces missing in the City of Kelowna’s efforts to…
Vernon museum wants to move tree that cuts and slices unsuspecting patrons
VERNON – The tyranny of a historic tree will continue, at least for a little…